Subject: Future of the Alpha (was Re: ...IBM RISC System/6000 ?)
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
From: Andy R <quadreverb@yahoo.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/10/2002 09:53:20
--- Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 06:29:53AM -0800, Andy R
> wrote:
> > [...]
> >
> > > - What is the best choice for a NetBSD machine
> that
> > > can handle a lot
> > > of database transactions.
> >
> > My "ignorant of the facts" answer would be alpha.
> > Those things just rock. It's too bad they got
> killed.
>
> Time to support API networks
> (http://www.api-networks.com/) !
> Too bad they don't have resellers in France.
Enlighten me here, is this company going to be
continuing development of the Alpha? Does it have a
future here? I'm getting all excited... I haven't kept
up with current events on the Alpha lately. If there
was any processor that the open source community has
embraced other than the i386, it's surely Alpha.
Andy
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